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Kanji Detail for 否 - "no, deny, refuse"

  • Meaning

    否 means "no, deny, refuse."

    1. No - Negative; disagreement; refusal.

    2. Bad - Not good; unfavorable.

    3. Immediately - Right away; at once; directly.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    negate; no; noes; refuse; decline; deny

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    not, no, negative; final particle; hexagram ䷋

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to negate; to deny; not

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    no, not, un-; final particle

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    No. (Book of Odes) "Taste whether it is good or not." Meaning tasting whether it's good or not good. | Bad. 臧否 means good and bad. | A hexagram name in the Book of Changes. Blocked. Opposite of 泰. Good fortune is called 泰; bad fortune is called 否. Such as 否極泰來 (when misfortune reaches its extreme, good fortune comes).
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Sentences including

  • My boss turned down his proposal.

  • He denied having met her last week.

  • I do not deny but that it is true.

  • He denied having done it.

  • He denied having met her.

  • The president refused to answer the question.

  • No one can deny the fact.

  • He denied having said such a thing.

  • I'm very anxious about my son's safety.

  • He contradicted the news.

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